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Playing blu-Ray movies

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tiger2

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Sep 8, 2012
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hi,

Just bought a 5K iMac and am looking for a usb ODD to rip music, burn DVDS, etc. I saw this Pioneer BDR-XD05S. It says it's Mac compatible but you need 3rd party software to play blu-Ray movies.

What software would you recommend? Something easy to use would be appreciated. I don't really see a need to burn blu-Ray discs.

Thank you for your time!
 
tiger2 said:
hi,

Just bought a 5K iMac and am looking for a usb ODD to rip music, burn DVDS, etc. I saw this Pioneer BDR-XD05S. It says it's Mac compatible but you need 3rd party software to play blu-Ray movies.

What software would you recommend? Something easy to use would be appreciated. I don't really see a need to burn blu-Ray discs.

Thank you for your time!
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For the last year or so I have been using both Mac DVD Ripper Pro and MacXDVD Ripper Pro which easily rips some of my 2000 Plus DVD Collection. Both Software(s) cannot rip Blue-Ray. Both have a free trial period to see how it works on your computer.

Please note that MacDVD Ripper Pro lets you rip Free five(5) complete DVD's as their trial period.

I rip using two(2) Apple SuperDrives connected to each of my two(2) Mac Minis.
 
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Thanks for the replies. I've had others recommend MacGo, too, so I'll probably go wth that.
 
tinapanpan said:
Does Macgo support Blu-ray Menu? I have not found such information from its website.
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It draws it's own basic text-based menu. Exactly like this:
Macgo-Windows-Blu-ray-Player-Latest-Version-Download.png

As I see it, it just doesn't support the BD-J Java runtime. May be because of licensing issues?
 
So, I bought a Pioneer BDR-XS06 and plugged it into the iMac with the usb 3 cable provided. Nothing. Tried inserting a CD. Nothing. Plugged it into my MacBook Pro (late 2012), also with usb 3.0. Nothing.

Is it possible it's not drawing enough power from the single usb 3 cable? I've read that many ODD units require a double usb cable. Or, more likely it's a defective player? I contacted the seller through Amazon and they are shipping a new unit free.

Thanks!
 
tiger2 said:
So, I bought a Pioneer BDR-XS06 and plugged it into the iMac with the usb 3 cable provided. Nothing. Tried inserting a CD. Nothing. Plugged it into my MacBook Pro (late 2012), also with usb 3.0. Nothing.

Is it possible it's not drawing enough power from the single usb 3 cable? I've read that many ODD units require a double usb cable. Or, more likely it's a defective player? I contacted the seller through Amazon and they are shipping a new unit free.

Thanks!
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I have a Pioneer BDR-XD05 with that type of USB cable and it works with only 1 USB port to play DVDs, haven't tried burning anything (which is when the 2nd USB port is supposed to be needed.)
 
OP:

Does the Pioneer drive "show up" in System Profiler?
As being an attached device?
 
I still maintain that the best way to play Blu-ray movies on a Mac is to install Windows through Bootcamp and use a proper player like PowerDVD there.
 
Sun Baked said:
I have a Pioneer BDR-XD05 with that type of USB cable and it works with only 1 USB port to play DVDs, haven't tried burning anything (which is when the 2nd USB port is supposed to be needed.)
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Thank you!


Fishrrman said:
OP:

Does the Pioneer drive "show up" in System Profiler?
As being an attached device?
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No, it doesn't. Under "disc burning" it says, "No disc burning device was found. If the device is external, make sure it’s connected and turned on."
 
tiger wrote:
[[ No, it doesn't. Under "disc burning" it says, "No disc burning device was found. If the device is external, make sure it’s connected and turned on." ]]

Just some thoughts...

Have you tried a different USB cable?

Did the drive come with a special USB "Y-cable"?
If so, have you tried that?

Did the drive come with an external power supply block?
Have you tried that?

Could just be a bad one "out of the box".
See how the replacement does...
 
Fishrrman said:
tiger wrote:
[[ No, it doesn't. Under "disc burning" it says, "No disc burning device was found. If the device is external, make sure it’s connected and turned on." ]]

Just some thoughts...

Have you tried a different USB cable?
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This was it. I have never used usb 3.0 for anything but a thumb drive and had no other cable. When the new drive arrived today, I thought I'd try the cable with the new one on the first drive and right away I heard it whirl. Works perfectly.

I would have never thought it would be something like a 1 foot cable. Occam's razor!

Thanks!
 
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